We have recently completed a boys’ dormitory and a girls` dormitory and have almost completed a new 5 classroom block for St Matia Mulumba Primary School. We are in the process of fitting out the classrooms. We also recently installed rainwater harvesting on 3 of the school buildings and constructed a toilet and shower block. We also recently installed a water bore hole providing clean water for the children.
Building Project
When children are sponsored, they are provided with education and, during term time, live on the school campus. In one of our primary schools, St Matia Mulumba, some children used their classrooms as sleeping and living quarters.
EVC Uganda raised funds and, on 24th November 2018, we successfully opened a new girls’ dormitory in the school. This dormitory can accommodate up to 150 girls.
On 31st March 2021 we opened a similar dormitory for the boys.
The following photos show construction taking place on the boys’ dormitory:
We are currently fitting out 5 new classrooms. These will house a library and IT suite and provide the rooms for the teaching of vocational studies such as tailoring, woodwork and other relevant skills.
We also funded a perimeter wall and fence so that the school is now totally enclosed and a safe environment for the children.
In addition, we funded the provision of special facilities demanded by the Uganda government for the safe opening of schools during the covid pandemic, eg., sanitising equipment, thermometers, gloves, masks and quarantine areas.
Clean Water Project
Up until recently, the children in the St Matia Mulumba primary school collected water twice a day from a local pond. As the water was not drinkable it needed to be boiled. This was a very time-consuming and tiring daily task of fetching water in large heavy cans.
EVC Uganda, in conjunction with St Joseph’s parish in Bedford, raised funds for the installation of a water borehole and storage tanks in the school grounds.
Through a generous donation from the Wimslow Wells for Africa (WWfA) charity, we installed rainwater storage tanks adjacent to 3 of the school buildings.
The combination of the borehole pump and rainwater collection tanks will alleviate daily tiring tasks and improve the general health of everyone.
The following photos show the children collecting water from the polluted pond and the new water storage tanks in school.
Lighting Project
Most communities in rural Uganda have no electricity of any kind for lighting and general household appliances. In Uganda however, there is an abundance of all-year-round sunshine.
EVC Uganda raised funds and supplied 200 small solar lamps to the children in our schools. The children are using these solar-powered lights to complete homework in the evening.
On our recent projects we installed larger building-mounted solar panels for general lighting and small power electrical appliances.
If you are able to provide vital funds for any of these projects, please donate.
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